xi, 148 pages ; 22 cm

This study is based on the simple insight that in the Bible suffering has a language all of its own and that one must understand the languageof lament if one is to understand the Book of Job. As the lament, the language of suffering, encompasses three dimensions of human existance-being a self, being together with others, and being before God-so the author of the Book of Job pictures Job's suffering in the three persons who embody it: Job, the friends of Job who in turn become his enemies, and God. This insight, derived from the structure of the Book of Jobm afford sthe key to understanding this remarkable book, whose power has remained undiminished over thousands of years

Translation of Der Aufbau des Buches Hiob

Includes bibliographical references

1. The literary genre of the book of Job -- 2. The disputation 3. The laments of Job -- 4. Wishes and petitions in the speeches of Job -- 5. The praise of God -- 6. The arguments of the friends -- 7. The asseveration of innocence -- 8. The avowal of trust -- 9. The speeches of God -- 10. Job's answer -- 11. Chapters 24-27: fragments -- 12. Chapter 28 -- 13. The Elihu speeches

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